Wait for the next chance?

The next chance is when you rest, big sister. ⊕，☆x.

After watching Mia rest quietly on the bed, Lilith stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, for the sake of insurance, he deliberately used a small "means" to make Mia really "sleep".

Her eldest sister can't do magic, she can't resist magic, I'm afraid this is one of her biggest weaknesses, she is like the conductor of the band, the soul of the chess pieces, but she is extremely vulnerable.

I'm sorry, but I have to go and investigate Dean Frey's manor again, because the mysterious female voice that has been ringing in her ears since she stepped into the manor is only herself. And it doesn't matter why it calls "Alice" and not "Lilith".

Probably this is the sixth sense, this "Alice" seems to be herself.

The air around me had also become cold because of the early hours of the morning, and now, it was probably the early morning of the third day, not to mention passers-by along the way, and even the lights were rarely seen, and the entire church had fallen asleep.

【Alice】

As Lilith had thought, as soon as she stepped into the manor, the mysterious female voice swirled in her ears at the same time.

“...... Tell me to at least tell me where you are. ”

Lilith muttered quietly as she began to listen to the source of the sound. However, it is a pity that this almost stereo ring sounds. There is no way to judge the direction at all. So. Trying to find her source. It can only be searched everywhere.

So, where the sound is most likely to be......

"Let's start with the house. ”

Pushing open the door again, the air inside was completely refreshed, without the eerie, rotting smell of it before. But unfortunately, inside the toys, piano, furniture. But he didn't get young because of it.

“...... Toys for girls. ”

Despite some resistance, Lilith crouched down and picked up a black mass of foreign objects from the mess on the floor.

From the appearance, there is no way to distinguish its real body, it has all turned black and rotten, and the object in its hand looks more like a ball of briquettes. However, if you look at the shape of the accidental shape, it seems to be the shape of a bear.

Bears, teddy bears. Toys for girls. I guess this is something Frey played with when she was a child. Frey prefers cats to bears.

......

"Strange ......"

Wondering why there were suddenly more vague conjectures about the dean, Lilith walked up the stairs, the "squeak, squeak" sound never stopped.

The previous familiarity is also that when I saw these, most of them were toys that Frey used to play with when she was a child, and there seemed to be some fragments that flashed in my mind, just like I guessed Frey's behavior in history, and I had seen it with my own eyes.

Have you ever been to Frey in the past? However, I didn't have this impression until I came here again.

After walking around the few rooms that didn't have anything special, Lilith turned the last door, the knob of the one in the innermost room.

However, after opening it, what comes into view is not the same as before, beds, furniture, toys...... But......

"A pot for alchemy?"

Lilith muttered quietly, the thing in her sight was the indispensable companion of the alchemist's work - the pot. And the things that remained on the table, which were almost turned into powder, looked like some developed products.

The incomplete record book was not touched by Lilith because she was worried that it would fall apart if she touched it, but this qiē was enough to prove that there was once an alchemist living here.

Frey can't be an alchemist, she's only proficient in summoning, and Frey's little white hands don't look like people with a history of alchemy, which is all too clear as "Don Quixote" who once pulled the dean's small hand.

So, since he is not Frey, and he can perform alchemy in Frey's house, he must be someone who has an inseparable relationship with the dean......

Wait a minute...... The voice.

【Alice】

"Where are you?"

Responding to this voice for the first time, Lilith ran towards the garden outside the manor, the alchemist of Frey's house, the enigmatic female voice that only she could hear, and she could only vaguely remember the impression of Frey's family.

"Frey's mother, where are you!"

That's right, although it's just a rough guess, but it seems that only Frey's mother meets these conditions.

As an ordinary person, there is no reason why the soul can be preserved after such a long time. Generally, after the death of **, the soul will definitely leave with it, go to heaven or go to hell. After all, not everyone can get some kind of immortality like Frey.

Why, then, does Mother Frey's soul still exist in this manor, her home, sealed, or forcibly left here?

Either way, it's almost impossible, and in my own cognition, there is no such magic at all.

Magic...... Magic...... If anyone could do such a thing with magic......

【Alice】

"Night Witch...... Is it?"

Lilith anxiously searched for the source of the voice, and at the same time tried her best to think about the current situation.

Mother Frey's soul has been left behind in the human realm, this kind of magic that only the Night Witch can do, Mother Frey's status as an alchemist, and, what else?

Ah, an alchemist, if he's an alchemist...... In the history books, the Night Witch was associated with an alchemist.

If you combine this qiē......

"Found it!"

Despite the vague feeling in her heart, Lilith thought she had found the seat of Frey's mother's soul.

A lawn with nothing out of the ordinary. Be that as it may. Think differently. Maybe the soul is really here. But the question is, even if you find the source, what do you do next?

【Alice】

“...... Ahh ”

Lilith said, starting to work with magic, as the dirt on the ground piled up, like a hard object. A hard corner gradually appeared in front of Lilith's eyes.

...... This is, the coffin!?Frey's mother is buried here!?

Next, more and more things made Lilith dumbfounded. Although she had anticipated some possible events, she couldn't help but be surprised when Lilith actually saw that even after hundreds of years, it was still not rotting, but on the contrary, still in its original form.

Next. It was as if something vague in her mind had suddenly taken shape, and a name suddenly broke into Lilith's mind.

"Eve...... Aunt. ”

Eve. This must be the name of Frey's mother, and she must have lived with Frey and Eve. Although there is no memory of these past events, this positive judgment still verifies this.

One more important thing is that Alice's name was used by herself.

But why, instead of using his real name, he went under the pseudonym "Alice" to get to know Frey and Eve?

【Alice】

As if untied from her soul, Eve, who could only shout "Alice" just now, was able to communicate normally at this time, although the sudden sound of a dead person with closed eyes did look a little scary.

【You're finally back】

"Come back...... Aunt Eve, I, have I ever been here?"

Lilith stared nervously at Eve's face, however, this quiet and serene face like a water lily would no longer have any expression.

Eve's ** looks like she's already dead, and it's probably because of some magical effect. As for her soul, it seems that she has also remained in the body, although she can no longer control the body.

However, isn't this painful and lonely at all? No one notices, no one discovers, and he can't move or speak, he can only use the touch of a soul to swim within his own ** range, like a goldfish in a small fish tank.

"Aunt Eve...... Who is it that imprisons your soul here?"

That's right, this must be a confinement! Someone must have cursed Aunt Eve!

[I chose it myself]

“...... Why!"

Inexplicable anger, even Lilith herself doesn't know why she is angry because of a "corpse" that is supposed to be the "first" meeting, this feeling, as if the feelings buried in the bottom of her heart have been re-exploded.

[Alice, Frei...... Is she okay?]

Eve's voice sounded a little lonely.

[It's been a long time since she came back]

"Auntie, have you been watching Frey?" Although she was vaguely aware of Eve's intention to keep her soul in the **, Lilith couldn't help but ask, "Why do you use this method! How did you know that Frey ......?"

No, Eve must have known. Because of the dean, she must have stayed here before, and she forgot to look at the night sky full of stars. And just below her, her mother must have been with her.

The dean must not be alone. And Aunt Eve, for her daughter, has made sacrifices that normal people can't bear.

The sudden emotion made Lilith stunned for a long time: "Ah, Frey's words, she is now a very famous person, she is the largest in the world, the dean of the academy. So, if the time gets busy, I'm afraid I won't have time to come back. ”

Is this a consolation?

For some time afterward, all Lilith felt was the suffocation of the silent air.

【...... Frey, she's grown up. Alice]

“...... Well. Aunt Eve!I might be able to ......."

[Alice, I have a wish. Can you help me make it happen?]

"No, I don't. ”

Instinctively, Lilith sensed Eve's intentions, and although she didn't know anything about the past, this instinctive feeling, or rather a hidden memory, told Lilith that Eve's wish must not be something that would make her happy.

"Aunt Eve, I might have a way to help you......"

[Burn my body so that my soul can leave.] 】

"Don't!"

[Frey has grown up, and she won't be coming back, so there's no point in me being here.] 】

"It's not meaningless!Auntie, I'll tell the dean right away, sue her that you're here!"

[No, Alice, then Frey will be sad.] And ......]

[Auntie is very uncomfortable now, if you really think about Auntie, send away this soul that should no longer be left in the world. (To be continued......)